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CT River Day 22: Part 2
The Enfield Rapids to King Island 5.1 miles from the Connecticut state line to King IslandTotal for day was 16.3 miles I felt alert but fairly calm as I passed under the bridge which was the starting point for the portage around the old Enfield dam. I was river left and committed to running it.
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CT River Day 22: PART I
11.2 miles From Holyoke Rows to the Connecticut state lineTotal for day was 16.3 miles to King Island in Connecticut I spent as much of the night awake as I did sleeping. There was a skunk who kept scratching at my tent door. I did not want it to eat a hole in my tent,
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CT River Day 21
15.7 miles to the Holyoke Rows community rowing facility https://www.holyokerows.org/Those miles include the truck portage around the Holyoke Dam I started the morning with a great conversation with Tarin about rocks. She teaches geology at a local college and I loved learning more about the local geology. Over a wonderful breakfast Tad told me about
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CT River Day 20
20.2 miles to Sportsman’s Marina just past the Calvin Coolidge Bridge I spent a bit of a restless night. There was a train yard not too far upriver and a number of times throughout the night I was awaken by some tremendous banging of train cars. On top of that it was a hot and
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CT River Day 19
2.2 miles (plus forty three by bike) from Poplar Street Access to Hatchery Brook Campsite It was about three PM when I launched from the southern end of the Turners Falls Dam portage. I was now paddling through the traditional homeland of the Pocumtuck peoples. Like other native peoples, the Pocumtuck never received compensation for
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Resupply Off the River
Even though I wasn’t paddling these were “river days” in that they were part of the trip. There are a lot of behind the scenes logistics to a trip like this and these were a part of that. I had two days before heading out again. One of those was occupied with appointments I had
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